Drift Tuning

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If you want to drift you need a RWD or AWD car with small traction on the front wheels like the Nissan Silvia/180SX/200SX, Toyota AE86 Levin/Trueno, Nissan Skyline, Mazda RX7, RX8, Nissan 350z and others.

How should a beginner set up his machine to drift?

First of all you have to start with the suspension, then you should also change the brake pads, and if you have more money to spend you can upgrade the CPU, exhaust system, seats, steering and shift knob. And as you improve, changing the LSD may be good in future. Anyway, what I want to mean is that you don't need lots of money to enjoy the sports of drifting.

The power should be as much as possible. A professional drift car has around 400bhp but you can drift well with 250-300bhp. Suspension needs to be stiffened by replacing the springs and shock absorbers and add more negative camber at the front than the rear wheels.

To drift well you need to fell the way that the car goes. To do this you have to replace the stock seats with racing seats. Replacing the Steering Wheel and the Shift Knob is also good to control the car easily.

The wheels and tires depend on what power you have on the car. If you have a Skyline with 700hp you need wide tires because slim tires and wheels will make the car harder to control. If you have an Toyota AE86 Trueno you need slim tires and wheels otherwise the car will have too much grip for the car power.

Drift Instructions
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General Car Tuning

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Everywhere you look you see stock cars or lite modified cars. Tuning makes your car look different from others. When you tune a car you try to make it represent you, your driving style and everything else about you.

If you want more power from your car you need to tune the engine.

Engine tuning involves replacing of basic engine components with aftermarket versions that perform more power. The most replaced parts are the turbochargers, the engine cooling unit and the air filters. The engine and the transmission can be replaced too.

For better handling the car needs suspension tuning.

Tuning the suspension is about modifying or replacing the shock absorbers, springs, sway bars and other vehicle components. Lowering the ride height by installing shorter springs makes the car look better on the road and handle better at the same time.

If you want the car to look better you need body tuning.

Body tuning is about adding or modifying parts such as spoilers, bumpers, body kits and other body parts. A good body kit gives better aerodynamics to the car and makes it look better.

But the body kit and the spoiler aren’t enough to make the car look beautiful. You need a nice paint to make it look unique. A nice and unique paint contains a base color and some stripes or other drawings with other colors. Another part of the body tuning are the rims. Bigger rims such as 19” or 20” look better on the car than 17” 18” rims.

To make the car more comfortable you tune the interior of the car.

When you tune the interior you remove the back seats to put a sound system on that place; change the front seats with sport seats; add a roll cage for more safety; replace the gauges and the steering wheel; replace door panels and the dashboard.

For more sound performance you can tune the audio.

Audio tuning is about adding or replacing the stock speakers with powerful speakers and adding some amplifiers for those speakers. The sound system can be placed in the trunk, on the door panels or on the back seats place.

The most commonly modified cars are Japanese cars such as Toyota Supra, Mazda rx-7, Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan Skyline and the Nissan Silvia.

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